OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601880
MAINTENANCE,SHIPYARD,PPE,SCUBA,WORK RULES,DROWN,UNTRAINED,COMMERCIAL DIVING,POOR VISIBILITY,WATER
Event description
Employee drowns while SCUBA diving
Investigation abstract
While working in water with limited visibility, Employee #1, an unsupervised, un accompanied, and untended SCUBA diver, who possessed only entry level recreation al diving training, drowned as he was attempting to clear monofilament line from the drive shaft of a fishing vessel. The diver was using an inflatable dry suit , for which he had no training, without a flotation device capable of supporting him face up at the surface. Employee #1 drowned. Because Employee #1 was untend ed, his absence went unnoticed for about an hour before a search was initiated. The sheriff's office retrieved his body several hours later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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